Scholes
06-22-2003, 09:51 AM
With all the recent hype over LeBron/Freedy Adu/The 3 year old basketball kid, etc., I heard another interesting case of the young man making dough.
Earlier this year there was a thread about Sidney Crosby, labeled as "The Next One" by many NHL scouts. He played at a private hocckey school in Minnesota last season, and was recently drafted #1 overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft, where the best of the best 17-20 year olds play, if they're not already in the NHL. He's 15 by the way.
Anyway, I'm an equipment buyer for a hockey store in Minnesota and was talking with a sales rep from Sher-Wood, whose main line is hockey sticks for those unfamiliar, and he mentioned that Sher-Wood just signed this 15 year old to a 5 year, 5 million dollar contract.
I questioned his amateur status, but I guess there are loopholes like deferred payments, incentives, etc.
Just another to add to the list.
Earlier this year there was a thread about Sidney Crosby, labeled as "The Next One" by many NHL scouts. He played at a private hocckey school in Minnesota last season, and was recently drafted #1 overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft, where the best of the best 17-20 year olds play, if they're not already in the NHL. He's 15 by the way.
Anyway, I'm an equipment buyer for a hockey store in Minnesota and was talking with a sales rep from Sher-Wood, whose main line is hockey sticks for those unfamiliar, and he mentioned that Sher-Wood just signed this 15 year old to a 5 year, 5 million dollar contract.
I questioned his amateur status, but I guess there are loopholes like deferred payments, incentives, etc.
Just another to add to the list.